Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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Hindu gods like Rama & Shiva have six packs now to kill bad guys, like American superheroes
Even Amar Chitra Katha’s new comics have abandoned the gentle sensuality of Raja Ravi Varma and embraced the hyper-masculine, angry, violent American superhero style to portray Hindu gods and goddesses…
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Vedanta and LGBTIQ
A selective understanding of the faith by those who control social discourse is the tragedy of Hinduism…
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High cost of diversity
Can we say that India’s diversity is the reason why it seems ‘chaotic’?…
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To Goddess, With Love
A short story by Devdutt Pattanaik Published on http://www.gaybombay.org on 1st June, 2018. 28th …
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Who is a Hindu? Economics of being Hindu
The Lingayats socio-cultural demand to be classified as different from Hindus throws up many interesting questions…
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How India favoured the kshatriya feudalism to market-based economies of vaishya
The discomfort with all things associated with the market can be seen in India when holy men warn people not to be bhogi (seek satisfaction of desires), when desire for goods and services and ideas is what creates the market, with the goods provided by the craftsmen, the service by the shudras, and the ideas…
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Exploring Hanuman Chalisa
Do people reading it understand what they are reading? Or does the gentle poetic rhythm calm the nervous heart, as it prepares to face the day? Or is it simply a ritual exercise, where the point is to do, not think or feel?…
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Why Hanuman Chalisa is the most powerful expression of personal Hinduism
Devdutt Pattanaik demystifies the ancient hymn for the contemporary reader…
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Itihasa is not fantasy
Itihasa is not fantasy; it is not history either at least not in Sanskrit…
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Did arrival of Muslim invaders a thousand years ago destroy Hindu culture?
Published on 31st May, 2017, on www.dailyo.in . The arrival of Muslim invaders a thousand …
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Evangelism, Crusades, Inquisition
Evangelism, Crusades and Inquisition are three terms that come to us from Christian history…
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Is a Hindu prayer different from a Christian or Muslim prayer?
Prayers exist in a mythic worldview, and depending on the worldview, the nature of the prayer is different…
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CNN’s Believer: Reza Aslan’s show on Hindu mendicants is bigoted no matter how you look at it
The author and TV host has been criticised for his feature on India’s Aghoris…
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Classifying Jati
There are over 3,000 jatis in India today, most are regional, not known across India…
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So many mothers, and tongues
This multiple mother tongue approach is what a diverse country like India needs. It celebrates our plurality…
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Dayanand & Vivekanand
Both had many critics — some sincere who disagreed with their interpretations; others simply envious of their success, or plain cynics…
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When did events of Ramayana and Mahabharata actually occur?
It all depends on what answer you are prepared to receive, for the answer is complicated and mired in politics…
